Death and dying
Subtitle: views from many cultures
By: edited by Richard A. Kalish.
Contributors: Kalish, Richard A.
Series: Perspectives on death and dying series ;; 1
Publisher: Baywood Pub. Co.
Published: 1980
Place of publication: Farmingdale, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 153
Subjects: Death.; Funeral rites and ceremonies.; Mourning customs.; Bereavement.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: value: Death in other cultures: Achté, K. Death and ancient Finnish culture. Huber, P. S. Death and society among the Anggor of New Guinea. Jones, R. L. Religious symbolism in Limbu death-by-violence. Goldschmidt, W. Freud, Durkheim, and death among the Sebei. Counts, D. R. The good death in Kaliai.; value: Death in the United States and Mexico: Jackson, C. O. Death shall have no dominion. Green, J. S. The Days of the Dead in Oaxaca, Mexico. Moore, J. The death culture of Mexico and Mexican-Americans. Jackson, M. The Black experience with death. Garrity, T. F. and Wyss, J. Death, funeral, and bereavement practices in Appalachian and non-Appalachian Kentucky.; value: War and disaster: Brainbaum, L. Death of young sons and husbands. Pine, V. R. Grief work and dirty work. Hershiser, M. R. and Quarantelli, E. L. The handling of the dead in a disaster. Mansson, H. H. Justifying the final solution.